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.com) is your one stop resource for all your printer needs. Download the latest drivers and utilities for your printers, read the FAQs and troubleshooting tips. Some Brother printer models are network ready as standard. Other Brother printers can be upgraded with an optional Network Print Server - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 2
and Windows® 2000/XP (TCP/IP) Configuration 2-2 Windows® 2000/XP Printing (Printer Driver not yet installed 2-2 Standard TCP/IP Port Printing 2-2 Windows® 2000/XP Printing (Printer Driver already installed 2-4 Windows NT®4.0 Printing 2-4 Windows NT®4.0 Printing: Installing the Brother - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 3
the Brother NetBIOS Port Monitor 4-4 Associating the Printer 4-5 Windows® 95/98/Me 4-5 Windows NT®4.0 /Windows® 2000/XP 4-6 Adding a Second NetBIOS Print Port 4-7 Windows® 95/98/Me 4-7 Windows NT®4.0 / Windows® 2000/XP 4-8 LAN Server/OS/2 Warp Server Configuration 4-8 Server Configuration - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 4
a Second Brother Internet Port 5-10 Windows® 2000/XP IPP Printing 5-10 Specifying a Different URL 5-12 Other Sources of Information 5-12 6 Novell NetWare Printing 6-1 How to Configure Novell NetWare Printing 6-1 Overview 6-1 General Information 6-2 Creating a NDPS Printer Using NWADMIN - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 5
of Mac OS® X 7-10 How to Select the Printer Driver 7-10 Changing the Configuration 7-11 Other Sources of Information 7-11 DLC Printing 8-1 Printing from Windows NT®4.0 or Windows® 2000 8-1 Overview 8-1 Configuring DLC on Windows® NT4.0 and Windows® 2000 8-1 Windows® 2000 Printer Setup - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 6
to-Peer Print (NetBIOS) Troubleshooting 11-8 Brother Internet Print (TCP/IP) Troubleshooting ...... 11-9 Windows® 95/98/Me/2000/XP IPP Troubleshooting . 11-9 Novell NetWare Troubleshooting 11-10 AppleTalk Troubleshooting 11-11 DLC/LLC Troubleshooting 11-12 Web Browser Troubleshooting (TCP/IP 11 - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 7
Reloading Firmware Using BRAdmin A-5 Reloading Process A-6 Reloading Using the FTP Protocol from a Command Prompt A-7 Reloading Using the FTP Protocol from a Web Browser A-8 13 INDEX 1-1 vi - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 8
Manager, Windows®, and MS-DOS® are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other brand and product names mentioned in this user's guide are registered trademarks or trademarks of respective companies. Compilation and Publication Under the supervision of Brother Industries Ltd., this manual has been - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 9
Services 1 Tame Street Audenshaw Manchester, M34 5JE UK In USA Printer Customer Support Brother International Corporation 15 Musick Irvine CA 92618 In Canada Brother to any fax machine. Call the number below and follow the recorded instructions to receive a fax about how to use the system and an - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 10
LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 11
If applicable), the BRAdmin Professional / Web BRAdmin software or let your DHCP server allocate an IP address to the printer. 3 Refer to chapter 10 of this Guide to learn how to configure the IP address on your printer. 4 The default password for Brother print servers is access. 1 - 1 UNIX PRINTING - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 12
When configuring the PRINTCAP file, pay particular attention to the service names, BINARY_P1 and TEXT_P1. TCP/IP Brother print servers appear to the network as a UNIX host computer with a unique IP address running the lpd (line printer daemon) protocol. As a result, any host computer that supports - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 13
as the one that is actually configured into the Brother print server (the name that appears on the printer settings page), however, it is good practice ASCII PostScript graphics or many types of PCL graphics. Choose one of the available services (a service name will be used in step 3): BINARY_P1 - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 14
UNIX users should follow these steps, but should also refer to the SCO UNIX Configuration section. Users of RS/6000 AIX, HP-UX, Sun Solaris 2.xx, and to a Brother print server with a node name (rm) of BRN_310107 and a service name (rp) of TEXT_P1 printing text files to a Brother printer through - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 15
systems can use the lpc command to obtain the printer status: %lpc status laser1: queuing is enabled printing is enabled no it is automatically configured by the rlpconf command. Most of these systems generally use a printer setup program to define the service name (remote printer), the print server - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 16
of the printer, or the name from the hosts file which corresponds to the IP address of the printer. 5 The Remote Queue name is the service name that the printer will use your server. Linux Configuration Using CUPS Many Linux systems support Common Unix Printing System (CUPS). UNIX PRINTING 1 - 6 - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 17
the Remote System Name. 7 Enter the desired print server service name as the Remote Printer Name. 8 Check the box next to Remote Printer is on BSD system. 9 You may accept the default values for the remaining items. 10 Click OK to configure the printer. You should now be able to print using the lp - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 18
match what is in hosts file or use print server IP address). ■ Remote printer queue (Print server binary or text service name, e.g. BINARY_P1 or TEXT_P1). ■ Remote Printer is on a BSD System (Yes). IBM RS/6000 AIX Configuration The RS/6000 AIX operating system uses the smit program to set up the - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 19
file or use the print server IP address) ■ Name of queue on remote printer (print server binary or text service name, eg. BINARY_P1 or TEXT_P1). ■ Name of device to add (user selectable; for example lp0). Sun Solaris 2.x Configuration Sun Solaris 2.x uses the lpsystem and lpadmin programs for remote - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 20
BSD (the default setting), and click Add. Note that we recommend that you use the /etc/hosts file for the printer name rather than NIS or other name services. Also note that due to a bug in the Sun lpd implementation on Solaris 2.4 and earlier releases, you may experience problems printing very long - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 21
banner field. Older SCO Unix Systems The Brother print servers support the FTP protocol. Earlier SCO Unix systems are often configured to print using the FTP protocol. IBM AS/400 To use a Brother print server with an IBM AS/400 running IBM's TCP/ IP gateways services for OS/400 (the OS/400 system - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 22
400 print queue name, is the print server service name (BINARY_P1 or TEXT_P1) is the OS/400 printer driver name (*HP4 is recommended if the printer page formatting is incorrect (this is probably because your AS/400 system is set to Letter sized paper), to resolve this problem, do - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 23
questions if you provide them with the equivalent UNIX configuration information (tell them that the print server looks like a remote UNIX host computer running the lpd line printer daemon). If you have not created a spool directory for the Brother print server on your UNIX host computer, you will - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 24
with the lpc start command as shown in the following example: lpc start laser1 Other Sources of Information Refer to chapter 10 of this User's Guide to learn how to configure the IP address of the printer. UNIX PRINTING 1 - 14 - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 25
), the BRAdmin Professional, Web BRAdmin software or let your DHCP server allocate an IP address to the printer. 1 The default password for Brother print servers is access. 2 Windows NT®4.0 users must install the "Microsoft TCP/IP printing" protocol (available through the control panel applet - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 26
/Control Panel menu). The default configuration of Windows® 2000/XP automatically installs the TCP/IP protocol. Refer to the appropriate section in this chapter for more information. Windows® 2000/XP Printing (Printer Driver not yet installed) By default, Windows® 2000/XP systems install with all - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 27
printer you wish to configure. The Wizard will automatically enter the Port name information for you. 8 Click the Next button. 9 Windows® 2000/XP will now contact the printer the Windows Update button to connect directly to Microsoft's support Web site to download printer drivers. 12 When the driver - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 28
Windows® 2000/XP Printing (Printer Driver already installed) If you have already installed the printer driver and wish to configure it for network printing, follow these steps: 1 Select the printer driver you wish to configure. 2 Select File and then choose Properties. 3 Click the Ports tab of the - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 29
also enter the name of the print server. As the print server supports TCP/IP and NetBIOS names, you can also enter the NetBIOS name of the print server. The NetBIOS name can be seen in the printer settings page. By default the NetBIOS name will appear as BRN_xxxxxx where xxxxxx is the last - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 30
® system using the standard Windows® printer setup procedure. 1 To do this, go to the Start button, select Settings and then Printers. 2 Double click the Add Printer icon to get the Add Printer Wizard. 3 Select My Computer (not Network Printer) and click on Next. 4 Select the Brother LPR Port (the - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 31
window. Click on the icon of the printer that you wish to configure, select File from the menu bar, and then choose Properties. Click on the Ports tab and push the Add Port button. In the Printer Ports dialog, highlight Brother LPR Port. Click the New Port button and enter the port name. The default - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 32
This problem is fixed via a patch available from IBM. You will get the Settings window. Enter the following: LPD server LPD printer Host name User The Brother print server name (from the HOSTS file) or its IP address. For most applications, use the Brother print server 'binary' service BINARY_P1 - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 33
during this configuration process. This should print the CONFIG.SYS file on the printer. Note that if you selected a binary service as the LPD printer name, the lines will be staggered; don't worry about this because normal DOS, Windows®, and OS/2 applications will print OK. 9 The Brother print - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 34
11 This will make the printer appear to the software as a printer that is directly connected to the parallel port of the workstation. Other Sources of Information Refer to chapter 10 of this User's Guide to learn how to configure the IP address of the printer. TCP/IP PRINTING 2 - 10 - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 35
allow a Windows® PC to be configured as a client workstation in a file server based network environment. For smaller networks, Windows® 95/98 the printer. 2 Refer to chapter 10 of this User's Guide to learn how to configure the IP address on your printer. 3 The default password for Brother - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 36
HP utilities to manage and to print to your Brother printer. Driver Deployment Wizard This installer includes the Windows® PCL driver and Brother network port driver (LPR and NetBIOS). If the administrator then installs the printer driver and port driver using this software, he can save the file to - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 37
name can be seen in your printer settings page. By default the NetBIOS name will usually appear as BRN_xxxxxx where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address. Windows® 95/98/Me store the hosts file in the default Windows® directory. By default, the Windows® hosts file is called hosts.sam - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 38
" section) and press Next. 8 Enter any desired name for the Brother printer and press Next. For example, you could call the printer "Networked Brother Printer". 9 Windows® will now ask you if you wish to print out a test page, select Yes and then select Finish. You have now finished installing the - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 39
LPR Port You do not re-run the install program to add a new Brother LPR port. Instead, press the Start button, select Settings, and open the Printers window. Click on the icon of the printer that you wish to configure, select File from the menu bar, and then choose Properties. Click on the Details - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 40
or let your DHCP server allocate an IP address to the printer. 2 Refer to chapter 10 of this User's Guide to learn how to configure the IP address on your printer. 3 The default password for Brother print servers is access. 4 The default domain name of the print server is WORKGROUP, to change it - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 41
in some instances you may find that your Windows® 95/98/Me/2000/XP and Windows NT®4.0 systems may receive "Printer is busy" error messages when more than one person attempts to access the printer. In this instance Brother has provided the "Brother NetBIOS Port Monitor" software which allows users to - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 42
printer is server, enter the default password access in response Windows NT®4.0 network applet. You can also use a standard WWW browser to change the NetBIOS name. To do this, connect to the print server using its IP address and then select the Configure NetBIOS option from the Network Configuration - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 43
protocols refer to your Windows® documentation. If you are using the TCP/IP protocol, the proper IP address should be defined on both the Brother print server and your client PC. Installing the Brother NetBIOS Port Monitor If you already installed the driver from the printers CD-ROM Installer and - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 44
address), and ServiceName is the service name for NetBIOS of the print server. By default it is BINARY_P1. For example: \\BRN_310107\BINARY_P1 You can find the NetBIOS name and MAC address by printing out the printer settings page. Refer to the Quick Setup Guide for information on how to print - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 45
computer (Windows® XP) when you are asked how the printer is connected to your computer, and then push Next. 5 Select the Brother NetBIOS Port (the port name you assigned in step 6 of the "Installing the Brother NetBIOS Port Monitor" section and press Next. 6 Select the correct driver. Click Next - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 46
8 Enter any desired name for the Brother printer and press Next. For example, you could call the printer "Networked Brother Printer". 9 Select Not Shared or Shared and Share Name and press Next. 10 Windows® will now ask you if you wish to print out a test page, select Yes and then select Finish. You - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 47
just created in the Print to the following port setting of the printer driver. LAN Server/OS/2 Warp Server Configuration As Brother print servers support the SMB protocol over TCP/IP via a NetBIOS interface, you can easily configure your printer to work with an IBM LAN Server and OS/2 Warp Server - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 48
Ethernet address) and ServiceName is the service name of the print server (BINARY_P1 by default). For example: NET USE LPT2: \\BRN_310107\BINARY_P1 You can find the NetBIOS name and MAC address by printing out the printer settings page. Refer to the Quick Setup Guide for information on how to print - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 49
or let your DHCP server allocate an IP address to the printer. 2 Refer to chapter 10 of this User's Guide to learn how to configure the IP address on your printer. 3 The default password for Brother print servers is access. 4 Windows® 2000/XP users can print using TCP/IP using the standard Network - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 50
. Brother Internet Print General Information The BIP software is installed using a standard Windows® 95/98/Me/ 2000/XP and Windows NT®4.0 Installation Wizard. It creates a virtual port on the Windows® 95/98/Me/2000/XP and Windows NT®4.0 PC that operates in a similar way to the standard LPT1 printer - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 51
download the E-mail message from the e-mail server. It then decodes the attachment and prints it out on the printer. If an E-mail is received that has not been configured to use the BIP virtual port driver, the printer will print the E-mail out as a text document. Brother Internet Print: Configuring - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 52
xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address (MAC address)). You will be prompted for a password; the default password is access. You can find the node name and MAC address by printing out the printer settings page. Refer to the Quick Setup Guide for information on how to print the settings - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 53
configuration screen, you will be prompted for a password. The default password is "access". 3 Select the Configure POP3/SMTP option and enter the information as described above. Refer to "Brother Internet Print: Using a Web Browser to Configure . 5 - 5 CONFIGURING INTERNET PRINTING FOR WINDOWS® - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 54
to BRAdmin, you can use the print server remote console to configure the print server. The console can be accessed via TELNET. When you access the print server using these utilities, you will be asked for a password. The default password is access. 1 When you get the Local> prompt after connecting - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 55
about Partial E-mail Print. Partial E-mail Print is the ability of the Brother Internet Print software to break down E-mail Print jobs into smaller sections to prevent a mail file size limitation problem for the mail server. 8 Press OK to continue. 5 - 7 CONFIGURING INTERNET PRINTING FOR WINDOWS® - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 56
and Windows® 2000/XP users> 14 Select Local Printer when you are asked how the printer is connected to your computer, and then push Next. 15 Select the desired model of the remote printer (for example, Brother HL-series). If necessary, click Have Disk to load the driver - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 57
press Next. 15 Select the Brother Internet port (BIP...) which you selected in step 6 and press Next. 16 Select the desired model of the remote printer (for example, Brother HL-series). If necessary, click Have Disk to load the driver from the CD-ROM - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 58
Other radio button (Windows® 95/ 98/Me only) and then Brother Internet Port. Click OK (New Port on Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000/XP) and it will Windows® 2000/XP IPP Printing Use the following instructions if you wish to use the IPP printing capabilities of Windows® 2000/XP. 1 Run the Add Printer - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 59
you specified. If the printer driver has already been installed: If the appropriate printer driver is already installed on your PC, Windows® 2000/XP will automatically use that driver for use. In this case, you will simply be asked if you wish to make the driver the default driver, after which the - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 60
of the printer. Other Sources of Information 1 Visit http://solutions.brother.com for more information on network printing and for documents on the IPP protocol and how to configure a Windows® 2000/95/98/Me System. 2 Visit Microsoft's web site for the "Microsoft Internet Print Services" software for - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 61
is disabled, the default IP address of a Brother print server is 192.0.0.192. To change it, use the printer control panel (if applicable), the BRAdmin Professional, Web BRAdmin software or let your DHCP server allocate an IP address to the printer. 2 The default password for Brother print servers is - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 62
must be configured with a print queue that the print server can service. Users send their print requests to the file server's print queue, and the jobs are then spooled (either directly, or in the case of remote printer mode, via an intermediate print server) to the appropriate Brother print server - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 63
preferred printing system called Novell Distributed Print Services (NDPS). Before the print server can be configured, NDPS must be installed on the NetWare 5 server and an NDPS Manager configured on the server. For further information regarding NDPS printers and printing, see the Other Sources of - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 64
95/98/Me options will be available. NDPS version 2 for NetWare 4.x will support Windows NT®4.0 drivers automatic download. 6 A complete list of currently loaded resources of that type appears in the Current Resources window. Click the Add button. 7 The Add dialog appears. The listed - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 65
to use. There are four possible options. Select the LPR over IP option. 7 Enter the relevant details of the printer, and Brother recommends typing Binary_P1 for the printer name. Click finish and wait. Select the printer drivers for the client operating systems. Follow the steps below to create - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 66
the relevant details of the printer and Brother recommends typing Binary_P1 for the printer name. Click finish and wait. Select the printer drivers for the client operating systems. You are now ready to print. Configuring NetWare 3 and NetWare 4 Systems Brother's BRAdmin application provides similar - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 67
node name and MAC address by printing out the printer settings page. Refer to the Quick Setup Guide for information on how to print the settings page. 4 Select the print server that you wish to configure and double click it. You will be asked for a password. The default password is access. 5 Select - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 68
name and MAC address by printing out the printer settings page. Refer to the Quick Setup Guide for information on how to print the settings page on your print server. 4 Select the printer that you wish to configure and double click it. You will be asked for a password. The default password is access - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 69
in NDS Mode) Using Novell NWADMIN and BRAdmin If you do not wish to use the Brother BRAdmin application solely to configure your NetWare file server, use the following instructions for configuration using the NWADMIN application in conjunction with the BRAdmin application. 1 Make sure that you are - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 70
default service name, unless you changed the name). You can find the current service name and MAC address by printing out the printer settings page. Refer to the Quick Setup Guide for information on how to print the settings page on your print server. Important: Do not assign a password - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 71
the appropriate Brother print server. You will be prompted for a password, the default password is access. Now select the NetWare tab. 20 Select Queue Server as the operating mode. The same service assigned by NetWare server name cannot be used for both queue server mode and remote printer mode. If - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 72
mode) Using Novell NWAdmin and BRAdmin To configure a Brother print server for remote printer mode with NWADMIN (NetWare Administrator utility) Print Queue and then OK. Make sure that Directory Service Queue is selected, and then type in a name for the default print queue. 9 Click on the button to - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 73
NetWare server name and MAC address by printing out the printer settings page. Refer to the Quick Setup Guide for information on how to print the settings page on your print server. 14 Double click the appropriate print server. You will be prompted for a password, the default password is access. 15 - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 74
bindery mode). 2 Execute BRCONFIG from the Windows® menu. 3 Select the corresponding server name from the list of print servers. 4 When you get the message that the print server is connected, type the default password access in response to the # prompt (the password will not echo), and then press - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 75
a list of the queue server candidates and select the print server service name from step 9, Press ENTER. 15 Press ESCAPE several times printer off and on again or you may use the BRCONFIG or TELNET command SET NETWARE RESCAN to make the print server rescan for file servers. Configuring the Brother - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 76
to something else). You can find the NetWare print service name and MAC address by printing out the printer settings page. Refer to the Quick Setup Guide for information on how to print the settings page on your print server. Important: Do not assign a password to the print server or it will not log - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 77
the printer you entered in Step 12. 20 Press ESCAPE several times to return to DOS. 21 Execute the BRCONFIG from the Windows® menu. Select the print server from the list of print servers. When you get the message that the print server is connected, press the ENTER key and type the default password - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 78
If you want to enable remote printer capabilities on a service other than the default NetWare service, you must define new services that are enabled for NetWare and for the desired port. Refer to Appendix in this manual for information on how to do this. Configuring the Brother Print Server (Remote - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 79
name; press INSERT and select the appropriate volume), and press ESCAPE to return to the main menu. The following steps apply to configuring a remote printer with NDS support on NetWare 4.1x systems: 6 a Select print servers from the PCONSOLE menu and then select the print server name of the PSERVER - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 80
and save the changes. f Push ESCAPE and select Queues Serviced by Printer. g Highlight the printer name that you just configured and press ENTER. h Press INSERT, choose the desired print queue, and press ENTER (you can accept the default priority). i Press ESCAPE several times to exit PCONSOLE - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 81
selected during the PCONSOLE configuration in the previous steps). ■ Service is the name of the service assigned by NetWare print server name (where the default services are BRN_xxxxxx_P1 for the Brother printer, where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address (MAC address)). For example - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 82
Other Sources of Information 1 Visit http://solutions.brother.com for more information on network printing. 2 Refer to chapter 10 of this User's Guide to learn how to configure the IP address of the printer. NOVELL NETWARE PRINTING 6 - 22 - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 83
7 Printing From a Macintosh® 7 Printing From a Macintosh® Using AppleTalk® and TCP/IP or the Simple Network Configuration capabilities of Mac OS® X Overview Brother print servers support the AppleTalk protocol running over Ethernet (also known as EtherTalk). This allows Macintosh® users to print at - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 84
select Configure AppleTalk. Click on BRN_xxxxxx_P1_AT, then on Service Name. Enter the new name that you wish to appear in Chooser. Then click on Submit. 3 Mac OS® 8.6 or later supports TCP/IP printing. 4 The default password for Brother print servers is access. 5 To print a printer settings page - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 85
Macintosh® Configuration (Mac OS® 8.5 to 9.2) Your Brother Printer is compatible with the standard Apple LaserWriter 8 printer driver (earlier versions of the LaserWriter drivers may crash or cause PostScript errors on large networks). If you do not have the LaserWriter 8 driver you must install it. - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 86
Brother print server's AppleTalk service name (default is BRN_xxxxxx_P1_AT, where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address (MAC address) should appear in the Chooser. You can find the service name and MAC address by printing out the printer settings page. Refer to the Quick Setup Guide - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 87
2 Select Printer LPR, and then click OK. 3 Click Change in PostScript Printer Description (PPD) File. 4 Select the appropriate PPD file for the printer and click Select. 7 - 5 PRINTING FROM A MACINTOSH® - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 88
the TCP/IP address. To print the print settings page, refer to the Quick Setup Guide. ■ If you do not specify the appropriate queue name, the printer will not print correctly. Maker sure that the queue name input here matches with the printer's service name. 7 Click OK. PRINTING FROM A MACINTOSH - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 89
Create. 9 Enter the name of the printer you are using under Save desktop printer as, then click Save. Example) HL-XXXX series 10 Click the printer icon on the Desktop. 11 From the Priting menu, select Set Default Printer. Whenever you send a print job, the printer that you just created will be used - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 90
Macintosh® Configuration (Mac OS® X 10/10.1/ 10.2) The appropriate PPD file supplied with your printer must be installed. Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive of your computer. Double click the Start Here OS X icon. Select your language and follow the on-screen instructions for Install Software. - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 91
For AppleTalk connections, the printer's AppleTalk service name is BRN_XXXXXX_P1_AT, where XXXXXX is the last six digits of the Ethernet address. Printing the settings page will allow you to confirm the MAC address. Please refer to the Quick Setup Guide for information on how to print the settings - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 92
your network. You do not need to manually configure any IP address or network strings within the printer as the printer will automatically configure itself. Please note that Brother recommends that you use Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or later version. How to Select the Printer Driver 1 From the Go menu, select - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 93
where ip_address is the address of the printer. Other Sources of Information 1 Visit http://solutions.brother.com for more information on network printing. 2 Refer to chapter 10 of this User's Guide to learn how to configure the IP address of the printer. 3 Refer to chapter 9 for more information on - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 94
on other operating systems (such as Windows® 3.x) with the addition of vendor-supplied software that supports the Hewlett-Packard JetDirect card. Quick Tips: 1 One way to print the details of all network settings is to print a settings page. Refer to the Quick Setup Guide for information on how to - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 95
a re-boot. Windows® 2000 Printer Setup 1 Log into Windows® 2000 with administrative privileges. From the Start menu, select Settings and then Printers. 2 Select Add Printer (If you have already installed a Brother printer driver, double click the printer driver that you wish to configure and then - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 96
Click Finish. Windows NT®4.0 Printer Setup Log into Windows NT®4.0 with administrative privileges. From the Start menu, select Settings and then Printers. 1 Select Add Printer (If you have already installed a Brother printer driver, double click the printer driver that you wish to configure and then - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 97
you want to print a test page, and then select Finish. Configuring DLC on Other Systems To use DLC on other network systems, you will generally need vendor-supplied software. Typically such software will support the Brother print servers. Follow the vendor's instructions to install the DLC protocol - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 98
Brother does not recommend using the DLC protocol with Windows® for Workgroups 3.11 in a peer-to-peer configuration if the printer will be heavily used. This is because jobs may be rejected due to print spooler timeouts. The best solution in these situations is to set - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 99
), the BRAdmin Professional, Web BRAdmin software or let your DHCP server allocate an IP address to the printer. 2 Refer to chapter 10 of this User's Guide to learn how to configure the IP address on your printer. 3 The default password for Brother print servers is access. 9 - 1 WEB BASED MANAGEMENT - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 100
name of the print server, if you are in a Microsoft® Windows® domain/Workgroup environment). Enter the DNS name of the printer if connecting to a network that uses the DNS protocol. Other Sources of Information 1 Visit http://solutions.brother.com for more information on network printing. 2 Refer to - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 101
panel settings (if your printer has an LCD panel). ■ BRAdmin Professional application (for Windows® 95/98/Me, Windows NT®4.0 and Windows® 2000/XP, using the IPX/SPX or TCP/IP protocols). ■ DHCP, APIPA, Reverse ARP (rarp) or BOOTP. ■ The ARP command. ■ Brother BRCONFIG NetWare utility (a Novell - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 102
at the same time that other printer parameters are configured. Changing the IP Address Using the BRAdmin Application Please use BRAdmin Professional version 1.59 or later. Start the BRAdmin application (from Windows® 95/98/Me, Windows NT®4.0 and Windows® 2000/XP). The BRAdmin application can use the - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 103
name and MAC address by printing out the printer settings page. Refer to the Quick Setup Guide for information on how to print the settings page on your print server. 3 Select the print server that you wish to configure and double click it. You will be asked for a password. The default password is - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 104
Select the Device menu and choose Setup Unconfigured Device. 4 Select the MAC address of your print server and click the Configure button. You can find the node name and MAC address by printing out the printer settings page. Refer to the Quick Setup Guide for information on how to print the settings - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 105
a Unix/Linux, Windows NT®4.0, Windows® 2000 or Novell NetWare network) the print server will automatically obtains its IP address from DHCP server and register its name with any RFC 1001 and 1002-compliant dynamic name services. If you do not want your print server configured via DHCP, BOOTP - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 106
Using ARP to Configure the Print Server IP Address If you are unable to use the BRAdmin application or the printer's control panel (if applicable) and your network does not use a DHCP server, you can also use the ARP command. The ARP command is available on Windows® systems that have TCP/IP - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 107
works once. For security reasons, once you have successfully configured the IP address of a Brother print server using the ARP command, you cannot use the printer's control panel (if applicable) or factory reset the print server (which will then allow you to use the ARP command again). To configure - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 108
-based system, type the following command: ps -ax | grep -v grep | grep rarpd For AT&T UNIX-based systems, type: ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep rarpd The Brother print server will get the IP address from the rarp daemon when the printer is powered on. TCP/IP CONFIGURATION 10 - 8 - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 109
of the subnet mask and gateway. In order to use BOOTP to configure the IP address make sure that BOOTP is installed and running on your host computer (it should appear in the /etc/services file on your host as a real service; type man bootpd or refer to your system documentation for information - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 110
server will load its IP address from the BOOTP server when the printer is powered on. Configuring the IP Address with BRCONFIG Users of Novell networks have additional alternatives for configuring the IP address of Brother print servers by using the remote console facility. On a NetWare network, you - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 111
.1 Type SET IP METHOD STATIC to set the method of IP access configuration to static. To verify that you have entered the IP information correctly , you will be expected to enter the password of the print server. Press RETURN and enter the default password of access in response to the "#" prompt - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 112
255.255.0 If you do not have any subnets, use one of the following default subnet masks: 255.255.255.0 for class C networks 255.255.0.0 for class 207.1 Type SET IP METHOD STATIC to set the method of IP access configuration to static. To verify that you have entered the IP information correctly, - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 113
default settings of the print server. To learn how to reset the print server, see Chapter 3 "Network factory default setting" on page 3-11 of the User's Guide. Once you have done that, switch the printer off and then on again, and try to print out the configuration page. 11 - 1 TROUBLESHOOTING - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 114
2 If the configuration page prints but you cannot print documents, try the following If none of the following steps are successful, there is almost certainly a hardware or network problem! a If you are using TCP/IP: Try pinging the print server from the host operating system command prompt with the - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 115
, and print out a configuration page in the Network STATISTICS information to see if bytes are being transmitted and received. c Check to see if there is any LED activity. Brother print servers have two LEDs on the back panel of the printer. The upper side LED shows Link/Speed status. The lower side - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 116
memory in your printer and the latest printer driver installed on your computer. The latest Brother printer drivers can be downloaded from http://solutions.brother.com 2 Check the individual protocol troubleshooting sections in this chapter for additional causes of intermittent printer problems - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 117
, the X-Window Print tool program that is included with Linux may not properly configure the etc/printcap file for lpd operation, then you might also edit the etc/printcap file and change the following line in the entry for the printer. if :lp = /dev/null: \ then to :lp = :\ 11 - 5 TROUBLESHOOTING - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 118
trouble printing long jobs (over 1MB), add the line mx#0 to your etc/printcap file entry. 11 If you cannot print from DEC TCP/IP Service for VMS (UCX), make sure that you have version 2.0B or later of this software, because earlier versions will not work with Brother print servers. TROUBLESHOOTING - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 119
/98/Me Peer to Peer Print (LPR) Troubleshooting If you are having trouble printing on a Windows® 95/98/Me Peer-toPeer network (LPR method), check the following: 1 Make sure that the Brother LPR Port driver is correctly installed and configured according to the Windows® 95/98/Me Peer-toPeer chapters - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 120
HP JetAdmin service. Windows® 95/98/Me and Windows NT®4.0 Peer-toPeer Print (NetBIOS) Troubleshooting If you are having trouble printing on a Windows® 95/98/Me, Windows NT®4.0 or later Peer-to-Peer network (NetBIOS), check the following: 1 Make sure that the Brother NetBIOS Port driver is securely - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 121
may be an E-mail configuration problem on the PC, configure your Firewall to allow Port 631 data through. To send a print job using IPP to a printer using Port 80 (the standard HTTP port) enter the following when configuring your Windows® 2000/XP system. http://ip_address/ipp 11 - 9 TROUBLESHOOTING - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 122
Brother print server. Windows® 95/98/Me clients not able to get the driver from a Windows® 2000/XP system. You must be using version 4.0 or later of Internet Explorer and the Microsoft Internet Print Services software must be installed on your client computers. Novell NetWare Troubleshooting printer - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 123
password, you must change the password in both the Brother print server (using the SET NETWARE PASSWORD you used in PCONSOLE exactly matches the name that is configured in the print server, and make sure it is at least 50 seconds for Windows®). AppleTalk Troubleshooting If you cannot print from - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 124
Laser Writer V8.xx or equivalent driver, since earlier versions may cause PostScript errors. Also, verify that you get the correct printer information when you select Printer MAC address of the Windows® setting is the same as shown in the print configuration page printout. Web Browser Troubleshooting - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 125
A Appendix A Appendix A General Information You can change the configuration of your print server using any of the following methods. • Brother BRAdmin application for Windows® 95/98/Me, Windows NT®4.0 and Windows® 2000/XP • Brother Web BRAdmin application for IIS* • HTTP (using a web browser) • - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 126
web browser to connect to the Brother print server. This will allow you to configure printer and/or print server parameters. WebJetAdmin Brother's print server range is HP WebJetAdmin compatible. TELNET To connect to the print server using TELNET on UNIX, Windows NT®4.0, or most other TCP/IP - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 127
(adds carriage return after each line feed). PostScript service (switches PJLcompatible printer to PostScript mode). PCL service (switches PJL-compatible printer to PCL mode). AppleTalk and LPD service for Mac OS® 8.6 or later. NetWare service (TCP/IP is enabled for backwards compatibility). Where - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 128
stored in flash memory. This means that you can upgrade the firmware by downloading the appropriate update file. To get the latest firmware update, visit the Brother Solutions web site at http://solutions.brother.com/ Some software versions that we provide will automatically factory reset your print - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 129
default password for the print server is access. 3 TFTP PUT from this host Use this method if you have TCP/IP already installed on your PC. BRAdmin will use the TFTP protocol to send the new firmware support), you may wish to use this option. The new firmware that the TFTP service is running on your - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 130
and that your network connections are good. Then power the print server/printer off and then on again, to retry the download. If you encounter problems upgrading the firmware and you find that the network portion of the printer no longer functions, you should try re-programming the print server by - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 131
becomes possible to upgrade the firmware of the print server or printer (if supported). The following example assumes that the print server password is "cambridge" D:\>ftp ftp> open 220.0.250.200 Connected to 220.0.250.200. 220 FTP print service:V-1.05/Use the network password for the ID if updating - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 132
Reloading Using the FTP Protocol from a Web Browser Please visit the Brother Solutions Web site at http://solutions.brother.com for more information on upgrading the print server using a web browser. APPENDIX A - 8 - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 133
BIP 5-1 BOOTP 1-2, 10-9 BRAdmin 10-2 Brother LPR port 3-4 Brother NetBIOS Port Monitor 4-2, 4-4 Brother Peer to Peer Print . 3-4 Browser 9-2 7-4, 7-8 I - 1 INDEX F flash memory A-4 FTP 1-2, 1-11, A-4, A-7 H hosts 3-3 HP distributed print service 1-7 HP JetDirect 3-2 HP-UX 1-3 HP/UX - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 134
5-6 PPD 7-3, 7-8 PRINTCAP 1-2 printcap 1-4 Printer Agent 6-5 PSERVER NLM 6-12 R RARP 10-8 reloading firmware A-5 RFC 1001 and 1002 ........ 10-5 rlpstat 1-5 S sam 1-7 SCO UNIX configuration .. 1-10 SCOADMIN 1-10 server message block ........ 4-1 service 1-3 simple mail transport protocol - Brother International HL 5170DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 135
5-1, 6-4, 8-1, 10-1, 11-9, 11-10 Windows 2000 printing 2-2, 2-4 Windows 95/98/Me .... 2-2, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-4, 10-1, 11-2, 11-7 Windows NT 4.0 . 2-1, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, .........6-4, 8-1, 10-1, 11-2 Windows NT 4.0 printing ... 2-4 Windows XP ........2-1, 4-1, 5-1, 10-1, 11-9 workgroup 4-2 I - 3 INDEX
Multi-Protocol Print Server
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